Slag-handling apparatus.



R. G, GANGEWBRE. SLAG HANDLING APPARATUS. 42211010210 FILED NOV. 14, 1910 Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

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R. C. GANGEWERE. SLAG HANDLING APPARATUS.

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Be it known that I, RooKY G. GANenwERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Selma, in the county of Dallas and the State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Slag-Handling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement over the device for which Letters Patent was granted to ie June 1a, 1910, No. 961,602.

The ob ther decrease the amount of water consumed in the process of cooling, granula'ting and delivering slag directfrom a furnace to a car, and also to eliminate certain features found not to be essential. In carrying out the invention I employ a sloping chute into which the furnace slag is thrown and down which the slag travels to a curved incline which I now form hollow and into which water is discharged, the hollow incline discharging directly into a car, or, where the location does not permit of direct discharge to the car, upon a conveyer which carries the slag to the car.

In order to obtain the results aimed at my invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View ofthe invention. Fig. '2 is a cross section through the hollow incline. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the lower portion of the in cline, and illustrating a conveyer for carrying slag to a car. Fig. 4 isa longitudinal section. I

In these drawings 1 represents a hollow,

curved incline preferably formed of corru-' gated metal, to which leads a chute 2. The

t ot the improvement .is to fur -dra1n 0d the water.

7 fa'pecifica'tion of Letters Patent. Pa-t nmteafi imp g 3:11 jiggin Application filed November 14, 1-910. SerialNo'. 592,351.

bottom of the incline 1 registers at the top.

vided with a suitable supportingframe 3 and thechute has-sides a to prevent slag from leaving the chute at the sides. 'The chute widens as it approaches the incline in order to spread the slag thinly over the .same. Water is discharged into each side of the hollow incline through pipes 5 and suitable discharge outlets 6 are provided to At its lower end the incline discharges into a car 7.

If the conformation of the ground does not permit immediate dischar' e to a car a conveyer 8 of any kind may e interposed between the incline and" the car.

I have found that by constructing the incline as above the minimum amount of water is required in handling the slag, and this is a matter of importance as furnaces are not always so located that water can be had in such quantities that its conservation is a matter of no importance.

What I claim-is:

The combination with a chute, of a hollow longitudinally curvedincline formed of.

corrugated metal, said incline being open at both ends andhaving the bottom of its upper end in alinement with the chute,

means for admitting water throughthe sidesof said incline at points adjacent the bottom member of the incline, and means for dis charging water through the sidesof the indine at points adjacent the top member of the incline. I ROCKY C. GANGEWERE.

' Witnesses: i

F. M. .ST LLWELL,

j H. B. JACKSON. 

